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Mary Berry’s Hoisin Chicken with Cashews

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Mary Berry’s Hoisin Chicken with Cashews

Mary Berry
by Mary Berry from Love to Cook
This quick and easy stir-fry of hoisin-marinated chicken with cashews from Mary Berry will add fresh flavours to your midweek meal repertoire.
Quick
Serves 4
Easy
Love to Cook

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Love to Cook

by Mary Berry

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Introduction from Mary Berry

This recipe was my go-to in lockdown! Great for a quick supper on a warm summer’s evening. Place the chicken breasts in the freezer for an hour or so before you start, so that they are firmer when you cut them into strips.

Ingredients

3 skinless and boneless chicken breasts, cut into long, thin strips
2 tbsp olive oil, plus an extra dash
100g (4oz) cashew nuts
Small bunch of spring onions, sliced
For the marinade:
3 tbsp hoisin sauce
1 tbsp grated fresh root ginger
1 tsp runny honey
juice of ½ lemon

Method

1

To make the marinade, measure the hoisin, ginger, honey and lemon into a bowl. Stir well, then add the chicken strips. Season with salt and pepper, and toss to coat. Cover and place in the fridge to chill for 30 minutes, or longer if possible.

2

Heat the oil in a large frying pan or wok over a high heat. Fry the chicken for a few minutes in two batches, until golden brown and just cooked through. Remove from the pan and set aside.

3

Wipe the pan clean with kitchen paper, if needed, then add a dash of oil, the cashew nuts and spring onions and fry for 1 minute.

4

Return the chicken and juices to the pan and toss over the heat until hot through.

5

Serve in a bowl with rice or salad on the side.

Mary's tips

Best cooked and served.

Marinated chicken freezes well raw.

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Reviews

4.9 out of 5 stars

21 Ratings

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21 Comments

    default user avatar Laura

    Does one use salted or unsalted cashew nuts? Thanks

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    default user avatar The Happy Foodie Team

    Hi Laura,

    Thanks for your comment! The recipe does not specify salted cashews, but you can use whatever is your preference. The chicken will already be salty from the marinade, so you may want to use unsalted cashew nuts here.

    The Happy Foodie Team.

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    default user avatar Paul Peters

    I love this recipe, as does the whole family. Full of flavour and quick to make.
    A definite fave.

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    default user avatar Jayne Hawkins

    So easy & very delicious 😋 a firm family favourite

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    default user avatar Trish

    Really easy quick and delicious

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    default user avatar Lizzie

    Very nice, I put the marinated chicken in the freezer then defrosted it when needed, when the chicken was cooked added some vegetable stir-fry and then the Cashew nuts and spring onion.

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    default user avatar June Robertson

    Delicious , and very easy

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    default user avatar Joe

    Love it, have it once a week, so easy and cheap.

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    default user avatar Tracy payne

    Love it!

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    default user avatar Ray. FRANCE

    Very tasty and simple to prepare and cook.

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    default user avatar Tracey

    Absolutely loved it🫶seriously I am a rubbish cook but even I got this right! Followed every step and it was so easy🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

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    default user avatar June Robertson

    Delicious and so easy.

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    default user avatar Caroline J

    Tasty and well received by family. I marinated the chicken for a few hours, cooked the chicken in two batches as Mary advised. I cooked the cashews and onion in a separate pan and then added to the chicken and the remaining sauce. It was not runny as previous reviews stated. It all turned out yummy and perfect

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    default user avatar Virginia Evers

    Delicious recipe but wish I had read comments about adding cornflour which would have made it more sticky. Next time,

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    default user avatar Barbara

    This is a very quick and easy dish to cook. It was tasty, although I did take on board a tip from a previous reviewer and mixed the marinade with a teaspoon of cornflour. I then poured it over the cooked ingredients for a further 5 minutes.

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    default user avatar Ellie Bradley

    I made it today and very tasty. It was not as sticky as hoped but will definitely make again..my husband really enjoyed.

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    default user avatar Melanie

    Very tasty and quick. I agree about it being a bit dry, so I added a teaspoon of cornflour to the marinade that was left in bowl and poured into frying pan at the end, over the chicken, cashews etc and cooked for 10 minutes longer 😋

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    default user avatar L Rogers

    Fantastically quick recipe. I found the juice of 1/2 lemon a bit too much as it over powered the dish a bit. I will put less next time. Would also go nice with some chrispy soy noodles and beanshoots.

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    default user avatar J Mordy

    This was easy to make, the flavours were fab, could taste the ginger lemon and honey. My on ly comment was that it was a bit dry. It could have done with some sauce. I didn’t include the marinade in the pan when I stir fried the chicken or the chicken wouldn’t have browned. The recipe never said to do that. Maybe clarify in recipe how you can add sauce.

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    default user avatar Richard Haslem

    Is is typical Mary Berry food
    It is lovely very tasty and easy to make

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    default user avatar Stephen Debenham

    Very, very tasty, I’ve been home cooking for many years and this is by far tge simplest but tastiest Chinese I’ve ever cooked.

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